Bowel Dysfunction Specialist Nurse, Durham Bowel Dysfunction Service, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.
Academic Clinical Nurse Specialist, Durham Bowel Dysfunction Service, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.
Br J Nurs. 2021 Nov 25;30(21):1226-1230. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2021.30.21.1226.
Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) is a collection of symptoms that can occur as a result of a low anterior resection for bowel cancer. Transanal irrigation (TAI) can be used to manage these symptoms. This article describes a retrospective audit of 15 patients who were using TAI to manage symptoms of LARS. The aim of the audit was to ascertain whether the use of TAI improved outcomes for these patients. The data suggest that TAI has reduced both the frequency of bowel movements and episodes of faecal incontinence. Those patients using higher volumes of water seem to have experienced more benefit than those patients using lower volumes of water. These findings are consistent with current literature around TAI for LARS and suggest research into optimum volume of water would be beneficial.
低位前切除综合征（LARS）是一种因结直肠癌低位前切除而引起的一系列症状。经肛门灌洗（TAI）可用于治疗这些症状。本文描述了对 15 名使用 TAI 治疗 LARS 症状的患者进行的回顾性审核。审核的目的是确定 TAI 是否改善了这些患者的治疗效果。数据表明，TAI 减少了排便次数和粪便失禁发作的频率。使用较高水量的患者似乎比使用较低水量的患者受益更多。这些发现与目前关于 TAI 治疗 LARS 的文献一致，表明对最佳水量的研究将是有益的。
